Nelson's Literature Readers, Bücher 2T. Nelson and Sons, 1905 - 464 Seiten |
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... dead spiders and cater- pillars , which they seem to sting to such a degree as to leave them paralyzed but alive , until their eggs are hatched ; and the larvæ feed on the horrid mass of powerless , half - killed victims - a sight which ...
... dead spiders and cater- pillars , which they seem to sting to such a degree as to leave them paralyzed but alive , until their eggs are hatched ; and the larvæ feed on the horrid mass of powerless , half - killed victims - a sight which ...
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... dead listened to me from their narrow cells . The living I can answer for : they were far enough removed . You will not be surprised at the dark tone of my musings in so sad a scene , especially as the weather lowered ; and you are well ...
... dead listened to me from their narrow cells . The living I can answer for : they were far enough removed . You will not be surprised at the dark tone of my musings in so sad a scene , especially as the weather lowered ; and you are well ...
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... dead empires ! and control In their shut breasts their petty misery . What are our woes and sufferance ? Come and see The cypress , hear the owl , and plod your way O'er steps of broken thrones and temples , ye Whose agonies are evils ...
... dead empires ! and control In their shut breasts their petty misery . What are our woes and sufferance ? Come and see The cypress , hear the owl , and plod your way O'er steps of broken thrones and temples , ye Whose agonies are evils ...
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... dead , suffocated , as I con- jecture , by some vapour , having always had weak lungs , and frequently being subjected to a difficulty of breathing . From the Latin of PLINY THE YOUNGER . 9. THE DESTRUCTION OF POMPEII . Once upon a time ...
... dead , suffocated , as I con- jecture , by some vapour , having always had weak lungs , and frequently being subjected to a difficulty of breathing . From the Latin of PLINY THE YOUNGER . 9. THE DESTRUCTION OF POMPEII . Once upon a time ...
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... dead drunkenness by the roadside . But censure , praise , merriment , scorn , and indifference were all one , or rather all nothing , to David Swan . He had slept only a few moments , when a brown carriage , drawn by a handsome pair of ...
... dead drunkenness by the roadside . But censure , praise , merriment , scorn , and indifference were all one , or rather all nothing , to David Swan . He had slept only a few moments , when a brown carriage , drawn by a handsome pair of ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Alexander Selkirk Amadis ancient army Atahualpa battle bird born brave Cæsar called castle cheerful courtepy Crito Cromwell Danegeld dark David Swan dead death earth enemy England English eyes fear feet foot forest French Gandalin Greek hand Harthacnut hath hear heard heart heaven honour horse Isthmian Games Julius Cæsar king labour lake land Lavengro light living London looked Lord Mary Ambree means miles mind morning Mount Vesuvius mountain nature never night noble o'er passed passion person poet POMPEII praise Prince prisoner river rocks Roman Rome round scene Shakespeare shore side Sir Patrick Spens sleep Snaphances Socrates soldiers soul sound stone stood thee things thou thought thousand Tower town trees turned voice wall waves wild wind wing Witenagemot wonder wood word Zoetermeer Zoeterwoude
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 327 - Yet not to thine eternal resting-place Shalt thou retire alone, nor couldst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant world — with kings, The powerful of the earth — the wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre.
Seite 303 - As a sick girl. Ye gods, it doth amaze me A man of such a feeble temper should So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone.
Seite 130 - And I will make thee beds of roses, And a thousand fragrant posies : A cap of flowers, and a kirtle, Embroider"d all with leaves of myrtle.
Seite 403 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries ; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes : And thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, — when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble...
Seite 215 - Haste thee nymph and bring with thee Jest and youthful jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles. Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled care derides. And laughter holding both his sides.
Seite 290 - For books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.
Seite 119 - Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door — Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door: This it is, and nothing more.
Seite 326 - Yet a few days, and thee The all-beholding sun shall see no more In all his course ; nor yet in the cold ground, Where thy pale form was laid, with many tears, Nor in the embrace of ocean, shall exist . Thy image. Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again...
Seite 391 - ... no receipt openeth the heart but a true friend, to whom you may impart griefs, joys, fears, hopes, suspicions, counsels, and whatsoever lieth upon the heart to oppress it, in a kind of civil shrift or confession.
Seite 401 - I have ventured. Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders. This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth ; my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me.